Remembering The Beginning (+ $100 Sephora Giveaway!)

25 July 2016

Today I wasn't able to go to work because I was sick. I didn't go to the doctor but I was feeling flu-like symptoms and was too weak. I also couldn't stay awake for more than two hours without feeling woozy. This might have been avoided had I stayed home last Saturday but I couldn't. I don't like it when people flake on me, especially at the last minute, so I hate doing it to others myself.

Anyway, the point is I haven't been around much lately because I've been drowning in work responsibilities (even more so these days) but it's okay because I love what I do and I can't imagine myself doing anything else.

I'll be spending my fourth year with my company in August. In the grand scheme of things that is but a speck, but ohmygoodness it blows my mind how much I have learned and experienced, how many people I have met and talked to, and how many emails and text messages I have sent out already, among others.

Today, this appeared on my Timehop:

That was the first time I contemplated taking a big leap of faith. The Beginning. Sure, I miss the comforts of my old working and living arrangements and how everything was an established routine, like clockwork. Now I deal with a lot of stress not only during events but even in the most minutiae of everyday PE work; I've also had to deal with some people who undermine me and my abilities, but to be perfectly honest? I wouldn't trade this for anything.

(Also, joke's on them because I outlasted them. I win, HAHA.)

Sometimes I worry that I whine around my boyfriend and my friends too much, but I'm not really complaining. I'm just releasing stress, heh. I'm thankful for friends in the industry who understand. Special shout out to Tish, who I met for coffee last Saturday. ♥

Now it's late and I need to go back to sleep because I still need to recover completely for this busy week, but I'll be leaving you with a special giveaway!

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